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Exercise is a keystone habit.

Super communicators ask 10 to 20 times more questions than the average person, and most of them are simple. The real skill is asking questions that invite people to talk about what they actually care about, and then genuinely listening to the answer.

Science just explained what's actually happening in your body during a great conversation. Real connection isn't a metaphor. When two people are truly in sync, their bodies and brains are literally starting to function alike, and that's exactly what great communication is designed to do.

1. Over the last six months, I’ve been studying MAGA as a movement, and trying to understand why it has been so successful – and what the Democrats ought to learn from that success. The results were published in the New Yorker magazine this week. Here’s what I learned: (a 🧵) https://lnkd.in/g2PzXTB6

Exercise is a keystone habit.

If your boss keeps missing what you need, don't start by explaining yourself. Start with one question: "What's most important to you here?" Most work conversations carry two goals, yours and theirs, and when you don't know theirs you end up talking past each other. So ask, then summarize what you heard out loud and…